Gun Control

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Tuesday's school shooting "has shaken" the country and ordered the government to revise school security as well as tighten control over civilian gun ownership.

Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert claimed President Joe Biden's speech "was big government from start to finish."

The legislation declares federal gun restrictions that violate the Second Amendment, enacted on or after January 1, 2021 invalid in the state. According to the Associated Press, the bill was approved in the Arkansas Senate and was voted 79-20 along party lines in the House.

People between the ages of 18-29 saw the sharpest decline in backing for new weapons laws, according to a new survey.

Fifty-three percent of U.S. adults think gun laws should be stricter than they currently are—a 7-point drop from September 2019.

As James Madison observed in Federalist no. 46, tyrannical governments invariably "are afraid to trust the people with arms."

Gutternberg's message came hours after a gunman killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis.

The church "has been so neutered and so turned effeminate, almost homosexual," Jansen said, touting that his ushers carry firearms during services.

Abbott recently joined state GOP lawmakers in backing legislation that would allow Texas to simply disregard federal laws on firearms.

Firearms patent and trademark attorney Ben Langlotz said he did not do it to "own the libs."

The Georgia congresswoman is responding to the push for stricter firearms regulations by raffling a pistol.

"H.R. 8 and say it's not the intention of it to create criminals, but it's exactly what it does," the Oklahoma congressman argued.

Chipman spent 25 years as an ATF agent and currently works as a policy adviser for a group advocating stricter gun laws.

The president's flub was shared widely, with some social media users pointing out that the AFT is the American Federation of Teachers.

Governor Bill Lee signed a bill that will allow most adults in the state to carry a handgun without a permit.

There have been over 100 mass shootings in the U.S. since the start of 2021. Nevertheless, Boebert has remained steadily opposed to Democratic firearm reform efforts.

Following weeks of deadly shootings across the country, the president faced increased pressure to address gun violence.

The pro-gun lobby group The National Rifle Association said the White House's planned actions against gun violence were "extreme."

The state's Republican governor has signed a bill curbing federal rules deemed to impede the right to bear arms.

The plan will see the Justice Department issue a proposed rule to help stop the proliferation of so-called "ghost guns."

In the past, Chipman has accused local sheriffs and political officials of stoking fears, spreading lies and valuing "unregulated access to guns above the lives of their neighbors."

The South Carolina Republican rallied against an assault rifle ban, saying "Democrats are basically declaring war on gun ownership."

"A child was just shot dead among three others in an office building, welcome to America," Parkland survivor Cameron Kasky tweeted on Thursday.

A shooting in Orange, California, on March 31 followed high-profile mass killings in Atlanta and Boulder, Colorado.

The House of Representatives has already passed two bills aimed at reforming access to firearms in the U.S.

Local politicians said they were "saddened" by news of the attack in which four people were killed.

The victim was reportedly working for a production company filming the families of gun violence victims for an anti-violence video to stream on Netflix.

The NRA is backing a challenge to a New York policy that requires residents to show "proper cause" in order to be permitted to carry a concealed handgun in public.

Senator Dianne Feinstein said Tuesday she would soon reintroduce red flag legislation to restrict a seemingly dangerous person's access to guns.

Boulder Police officer Eric Talley was the first to respond to the shooting but his father says no piece of legislation could have saved his son's life.